How to type French accents

[Neil Coffey]

The question comes from time to time as to how to type French accents in Windows. A few tools have sprung up on the web, but I just want to share some further information that I put together a couple of years ago in case it is helpful:

How to type accented characters in Windows.

Of course, which method will be most appropriate for you will depend on how often you need to work in French vs other languages and how much you need to actually type and how happy you are with using different keyboard layouts.

[Remy Martin]

à = Alt + 0224 or Alt + 133 â = Alt + 0226 or Alt + 131 æ = Alt + 0230 or Alt + 145 ç = Alt + 0231 or Alt + 135 è = Alt + 0232 or Alt + 138 é = Alt + 0233 or Alt + 130 ê = Alt + 0234 or Alt + 136 ë = Alt + 0235 or Alt + 137 î = Alt + 0238 or Alt + 140 ï = Alt + 0239 or Alt + 139 ô = Alt + 0244 or Alt + 147 œ = Alt + 0156 ù = Alt + 0249 or Alt + 151 û = Alt + 0251 or Alt + 150 ü = Alt + 0252 or Alt + 129

À = Alt + 0192 or Alt + 183  = Alt + 0194 or Alt + 182 Æ = Alt + 0198 or Alt + 146 Ç = Alt + 0199 or Alt + 128 È = Alt + 0200 or Alt + 212 É = Alt + 0201 or Alt + 144 Ê = Alt + 0202 or Alt + 210 Ë = Alt + 0203 or Alt + 211 Î = Alt + 0206 or Alt + 215 Ï = Alt + 0207 or Alt + 216 Ô = Alt + 0212 or Alt + 226 Œ = Alt + 0140 Ù = Alt + 0217 or Alt + 235 Û = Alt + 0219 or Alt + 234 Ü = Alt + 0220 or Alt + 154

« = Alt + 0171 or Alt + 174 ‹ = Alt + 0139 “ = Alt + 0147 ‘ = Alt + 0145 – = Alt + 0150 (en dash) … = Alt + 0133 (ellipsis) ° = Alt + 0176 (degree sign) º = Alt + 0186 (superscript "o") € = Alt + 0128